Spatio-temporal GIS Data Model Based on Event Semantics

There are mainly four kinds of models to record and deal with historical information. By taking them as reference, the spatio-temporal model based on event semantics is pro-posed. In this model, according to the way for describing an event, all the in-formation are divided into five do-mains. This paper describes the model by using the land parcel change in the cadastral information system, and ex-pounds the model by using five tables corresponding to the five domains.With the aid of this model, seven ex-amples are given on historical query,trace back and recurrence. This model can be implemented either in the ex-tended relational database or in the ob-ject-oriented database.